Rush River, WI is a small town of just over 1,400 people located in the western part of the state. Politically, Rush River leans slightly to the right with traditional values playing a major role in shaping local policies. While there are no local political candidates currently running for office, local residents have been vocal about their support of conservative opinions and values. In addition to advocating for these ideals, Rush River's citizens also take an active role in participating in town meetings and events where they can share their thoughts on policy decisions or other topics that may affect their community. Overall, Rush River has a strong sense of community and pride when it comes to politics and its citizens continue to make sure they are heard when it comes to important issues that may affect them.
The political climate in Rush River, WI is moderately conservative.
St. Croix County, WI is somewhat conservative. In St. Croix County, WI 40.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Croix county remained very strongly Republican, 56.8% to 40.9%.
St. Croix county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rush River, WI is moderately conservative.
St. Croix County, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately liberal.
Wisconsin is leaning liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Rush River, Wisconsin: r r r R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Rush River, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 159 contributions totaling $6,670 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $4,534 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)